Ivanova

(1978 VH8 )
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NOW @ 10 SCO 50
FOUND @ 16 GEM 49
 
Inclination: 1.042
Eccentricity: 0.054
Period: 4.812 years
AU 2.85
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

7.11.1978 06:29 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named in honor of Violetta Ivanova, astronomer at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian National Observatory and a friend and colleague of the discoverer. Violetta and her associates have been active members of Helin’s JPL International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey for the last ten years, contributing to its global sky coverage in search for NEAs. Violetta is a diligent and enthusiastic observer. Helin has spent two observing sessions in Bulgaria working with Ivanova and Shkodrov {see planet  (4364)}. (M 18645) _ _.


Discovered on 7-11-1978 in Palomar by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J.

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